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Paul Kemprecos

(b.1939)

Paul Kemprecos is an American writer of mysteries and adventure stories. He is a Shamus Award-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers, and had been co-writing with Clive Cussler the "NUMA Files" novels, which focus on Kurt Austin, head of NUMA's Special Assignments Team and his adventures.

Awards: Shamus (1992) see all

Genres: Thriller, Mystery

Series

Aristotle Socarides
   1. The Cool Blue Tomb (1991)
   2. Neptune's Eye (1991)
   3. Death in Deep Water (1992)
   4. Feeding Frenzy (1993)
   5. The Mayflower Murder (1996)
   6. Bluefin Blues (1997)
   7. Grey Lady (2013)
   8. Shark Bait (2018)
   9. The God in the Sea (2024)

NUMA Files (with Clive Cussler)
   1. Serpent (1999)
   2. Blue Gold (2000)
   3. Fire Ice (2002)
   4. White Death (2003)
   5. Lost City (2004)
   6. Polar Shift (2005)
   7. The Navigator (2007)
   8. Medusa (2009)

Matinicus 'Matt' Hawkins
1. The Emerald Scepter (2013)
2. The Minoan Cipher (2016)

Novels

Killing Icarus (2021)

Collections

Nothing Good Happens After Midnight (2020) (with others)

Books containing stories by Paul Kemprecos

The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (2021)
(Best Mystery Stories of the Year, book 1)
edited by
Lee Child and Otto Penzler

Awards

1992 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : The Cool Blue Tomb

Award nominations

	2019 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback (nominee) : Shark Bait
	2017 ITW Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : The Minoan Cipher

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Dark Angel (2017)
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